elongate
Meanings
Verb
- make long or longer by pulling and stretching
- To make (something) long or longer, for example, by pulling or stretching; to make (something) elongated; to extend, to lengthen.
- Followed by from: to move to or place (something) at a distance from another thing; to remove.
- To become long or longer, for example, by being pulled or stretched; to become elongated.
- Of a plant part: to grow long; also, to have a long and slender or tapering form.
- Followed by from: to be at a distance, or move away, from a thing; to depart; (specifically, astronomy) of a planet, star, or other astronomical object: to appear to recede from the sun or a fixed point in the celestial sphere.
Adjective Satellite
- (of a leaf shape) long and narrow
- having notably more length than width; being long and slender
- "an elongate tail tapering to a point"
- "the old man's gaunt and elongated frame"
Adj
- Elongated, extended, lengthened; (especially biology) having a long and slender form.
Origin / Etymology
From Late Middle English elongat, elongate (“kept away; different or remote in nature”, adjective), borrowed from Late Latin ēlongātus (“having been stretched out, elongated; prolonged, protracted; having been kept aloof, removed”) + Middle English -at (suffix forming participles). Ēlongātus is the perfect passive participle of elongō (“to prolong, protract; to keep aloof, remove; to depart, withdraw”), from Latin ē- (a variant of ex- (prefix meaning ‘away; out’)) + longus (“extended, long, prolonged; far”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos (“long”, adjective)) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs). Doublet of eloign.
Cognates
* French éloigner
Synonyms
draw out, elongate, elongated, enlengthen, extend, lengthen, linear, produce, prolong, protract, stretch
Scrabble Score: 9
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